Wednesday, September 2, 2009

City gets grant to study benefits provided by UTC; Clarksville, TN

theleafchronicle.com The Leaf-Chronicle Clarksville and Fort Campbell news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Clarksville, TN:City of Clarksville to get $9K for tree studyBy ERIC SNYDER • The Leaf-Chronicle • September 2, 2009Clarksville will receive a $9,000 grant to help the city learn more about its urban forest.According to a city news release this week, the city will receive the state Department of Agriculture's Urban and Community Forestry Grant. The funds will allow the city to partner with Austin Peay State University's GIS Center, whose student workers will input information on the city's trees into CITYGreen.CITYGreen is a piece of computer software, purchased by the city last year, that will allow Clarksville to "inventory, quantify and analyze the tree canopy and its benefits for the entire city," the news release said.